Barnaby Walters

Successfully docked in #ksp! Finally! Screenshot of my station, for proof:

22:02 29^th May 2014 (updated)
↪ Marcus Povey: Friend only posts and OpenPGP sign-in on a distributed social network

@mapkyca using signed URLs is an intriguing idea, I like it! btw, indieauth doesn’t require a centralised authority — see indiewebcamp.com/distributed-indieauth

17:01 29^th May 2014 (updated)
“Watch out for the ego of the hour
The ones who say they know it
Are the ones who will impose it on you”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80nqk2164tI

I Aint Afraid (Holly Near) #lyrics #music

14:39 29^th May 2014 (updated)
Even NASA TV’s hold screen is epic ustream.tv/nasahdtv — I wonder if this is their hold music too?

00:58 29^th May 2014 (updated)
Hefty tome (new #reading material after a semi-successful library visit), more Lakoff:

23:22 28^th May 2014 (updated)
New favourite Klezmatics tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxAEwZPHhsc

18:38 27^th May 2014 (updated)
↪ Bastian Allgeier: In a strange way the SASS parser disconnects me a bit from the stuff I’m building — like a subtle hurdle that takes away parts of the fun.

@bastianallgeier I know exactly what you mean, wonder if it has a name? “tool separation syndrome”? “abstraction vertigo”?

14:59 27^th May 2014 (updated) — 1
↪ Aaron Parecki: After a long weekend of coding, I’ve got a brand new section on my website.http://adactio.com/notes/

@adactio nice work! They’re showing up very nicely in my reader. What does your posting UI look like?

12:02 27^th May 2014 (updated) — 2
↪ Aral Balkan: @BarnabyWalters Can you be there, Barnaby. It would be lovely to have you with us :)

@aral I’d love to, but will have to be content being there in spirit whilst hurdy gurdying in Vienna. Hope it goes well!

20:41 26^th May 2014 (updated) — 1
Kerbal Space Program Airship Design Tips

When consistently failing to synchronise orbit and dock got boring, I started installing mods and building whatever nonsense their parts inspired. KAS confused me a little at first (what use is a grappling hook on a rocket?), but adding in Hooligan Labs’ Airships, B9 Aerospace’s cargo holds and Firespitter’s propulsion parts results in some really fun craft.

Read more…

2014-05-26 20:19 — 1
indietech.org/summit lineup looks awesome, if you can travel to Brighton in July then check it out! Sadly I will be somewhere in the depths of Europe by then and can’t come :(

19:22 26^th May 2014 (updated) — 1 2 4
For anyone else reading @baconmeteor’s talk wondering how to see how Google targets ads at you, the URL is google.com/settings/ads

12:29 26^th May 2014 (updated) — 1
↪ Kevin Marks: “We have a broad consensus on the need to decentralize the web; the question is how to do it.” @baconmeteor #indieweb http://idlewords.com/bt14.htm

@baconmeteor @kevinmarks great talk! WRT automated submission of fake academic articles to journals, check this out: pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen plus press coverage theguardian.com/technology/shortcuts/2014/feb/26/how-computer-generated-fake-papers-flooding-academia here’s one of “mine” apps.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/scicache/51/scimakelatex.36700.Barnaby+Walters.html

12:09 26^th May 2014 (updated)
Amazing Icelandic aurora film project: icelandaurorafilms.com made by some friends — I’ve seen some of the footage and it is STUNNING. Can’t wait to see the final piece!

10:59 26^th May 2014 (updated)
New favourite misspelling: replacing “voilà” with “viola”

11:31 25^th May 2014 (updated)
↪ Kartik Prabhu: Posting a note from Taproot using micropub!

@kartikprabhu.com nice work! Posting this reply inline from my feedreader prototype — give it a go: waterpigs.co.uk/intertubes/feed (might take some time to load)

10:27 25^th May 2014 (updated) — 1
Made wonton soup variant of taste.com.au/recipes/31255/fragrant+chicken+wonton+soup, wrappers from allrecipes.com/Recipe/Wonton-Wrappers — turned out pretty good, with enough leftover soup to use for soba noodle soup tomorrow

22:54 24^th May 2014 (updated)
Beginning to suspect that perfect #granola is a heisenrecipe, i.e. is only possible to achieve when you’re not recording ingredient quantities

22:46 24^th May 2014 (updated)

Coup de six practice tune

Barnaby Walters 6/8 Cmin


M:6/8

K:Cmin
[V:1] cde fed|cde f3|cde gfe|fgf efe :|

↪ Sophie Dennis: Today's Mac newbie Q: best HTML/CSS editor? I've used Dreamweaver as IDE for 15yrs but trying to ditch Adobe in the platform switch.

@sophiedennis @jackway webstorm seconded, PyCharm and PhpStorm (two other @jetbrains) IDEs are some of the best I’ve ever used.

18:36 24^th May 2014 (updated) — 2

Barnaby Walters

Kerbal Space Program Airship Design Tips